Repost: Relaunch of the Online Ethics Center

The National Academy of Engineering recently relaunched the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (OEC). Previously focused primarily on ethics issues in engineering and research, the redesigned website has expanded to encompass ethics issues in the sciences.

The mission of the site is to provide engineers, scientists, faculty, and students with resources for understanding and addressing ethically significant issues that arise in scientific and engineering practice and from developments in science and engineering.

The new site features case studies, educational activities, and bibliographies, among other materials, categorized by resource type, topic, and field. A revised OEC community directory connects authors’ profiles with their resources. Content Editorial Boards evaluate, identify, and develop materials in six areas, and, together with an Outreach Group, serve as liaisons to their communities.

The project is funded by the National Science Foundation and undertaken with the cooperation of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine, in collaboration with the Ethics Education Library of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions at the Illinois Institute of Technology. More information is available on the project page.

Please explore the site and let us know what you think. We hope you enjoy it and find it useful!

Sincerely,

Frazier Benya, Rachelle Hollander, and Simil Raghavan

Staff for the Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science

Center for Engineering Ethics and Society

National Academy of Engineering

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Center for Engineering Ethics and Society
National Academy of Engineering
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New Journal Article by CSEP: "Twenty-Five Years of Ethics Across the Curriculum - An Assessment" in Teaching Ethics Journal

"Twenty-Five Years of Ethics Across the Curriculum - An Assessment"

Michael Davis; Elisabeth Hildt; Kelly Laas

Twenty-Five Years of Ethics Across the Curriculum - An AssessmentAfter twenty-five years of integrating ethics across the curriculum at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions conducted a survey of full-time faculty to investigate: a) what ethical topics faculty thought students from their discipline should be aware of when they graduate, b) how widely ethics is currently being taught at the undergraduate and graduate level, c) what ethical topics are being covered in these courses, and d) what teaching methods are being used. The survey found that while progress spreading ethics across the curriculum has been substantial, it remains incomplete. The faculty think more should be done. From these findings we draw six lessons for ethics centers engaged in encouraging ethics across the curriculum